Thinking Revolution Through Film: On Audiovisual Stagings of Political Change (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783110753752)

This book aims to redefine the relationship between film and revolution. Starting with Hannah Arendt's thoughts on the American and French Revolution, it argues that, from a theoretical perspective, revolutions can be understood as describing a relationship between time and movement and that ultimately the spectators and not the actors in a revolution decide its outcome. Focusing on the concepts of 'time, ' 'movement, ' and 'spectators, ' this study develops an understanding of film not as a medium of agitation but as a way of thinking that relates to the idea of historicity that opened up with the American and French Revolution, a way of thinking that can expand our very notion of revolution. The book explores this expansion through an analysis of three audiovisual stagings of revolution: Abel Gance's epic on the French Revolution Napol駮n, Warren Beatty's essay on the Russian Revolution Reds, and the miniseries John Adams about the American Revolution. The author thereby offers a fresh take on the questions of revolution and historicity from the perspective of film studies.

Author: Hanno Berger
ISBN-10: 3110753758
ISBN-13: 9783110753752
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 09/20/2022
Pages: 233
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d